Kamila Valieva, a teen Russian figure skater, failed a drugs test in December, according to the International Testing Agency (ITA). The 15-year-old assisted the Russian Olympic Committee in winning team figure skating gold on Monday, but the medals were not awarded due to a “legal issue.” The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) lifted her suspension, allowing
Journalist jailed in Turkey for insulting the country’s president. Turkish journalist Sedef Kabas has been jailed by a Turkish court. Kabas was arrested in Istanbul on Saturday and ordered by a court to be jailed before the trial. The proverb quoted by Kabas in a live broadcast on a TV channel affiliated with the opposition […]
The height attained by the plume of last Saturday’s volcanic eruption in Tonga is an indication of its immense force. Scientists in the United Kingdom studying weather satellite data estimate it to be about 55 kilometres (35 miles) above the Earth’s surface. This is where the stratosphere and mesosphere layers of the atmosphere meet. According […]
According to his lawyers, a French tourist who has been detained in Iran since 2020 on suspicion of espionage has gone on trial. Benjamin Brière, 36, was arrested after flying a drone near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. If convicted, he faces prison time, however, his Iran-based lawyer has hinted that officials are considering putting him in […]
The world’s oldest man has died in Spain. Saturnino de la Fuente García died a month before he turned 113. She died Tuesday morning at her home in the northern Spanish city of Lyon. He was a shoe maker. He died on February 8, just as his family was about to celebrate his birthday. In […]
Lisbon’s City Hall has been fined €1.25 million ($1.4 million, £1 million) for handing on demonstrators’ contact information to foreign embassies where they were picketing. According to Portugal’s data commissioner, the mayor’s administration violated demonstrators’ personal data 225 times between 2018 and 2021. Former Socialist Mayor Fernando
Tennis star Novak Djokovic has expressed gratitude to supporters “all around the world” as he awaits a judgement on his expulsion from Australia. Djokovic arrived in Australia this week to compete in the Australian Open, after being granted a contentious exemption from Australia’s immunisation restrictions. However, upon landing, he was abruptly denied
Miss Asia 2017 presented by Manappuram Finance Limited, held at Gokulam Convention Center Kochi, is a beauty pageant organized by one of the reputed event production company Pegasus Global Pvt Ltd. Pegasus is one of the well-established event production companies in India, which has firmly marked its footprints in fashion, and many more challenging areas […]
When visiting family in an EU country over the holidays, UK citizens will be allowed to travel through France. Following difficulty in reaching their nation of residency, France lifted its Covid prohibition. Eurotunnel, which had previously issued customer alerts, said it was “delighted” by the decision. People from the United Kingdom are still largely barred
An arsonist has set fire to a giant straw goat that has become an annual attraction in Gavle, Sweden. After the structure was set on fire in the early hours of Friday, a guy in his 40s was apprehended. The goat has been attacked several times before but has managed to survive every holiday season […]